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Allahabad High Court

SHAKIR ANWARversusSTATE OF UTTAR PRADESH AND 3 OTHERS

Decided

Holding

The writ petition is dismissed as withdrawn, with liberty to the petitioner to file a fresh petition.

Summary

The petitioner, Shakir Anwar, filed a writ petition before the Allahabad High Court. The petition contained certain discrepancies, prompting the petitioner’s counsel to seek dismissal of the petition as withdrawn, with liberty to file a fresh petition. The Court examined the procedural defect and agreed that the petition could be treated as withdrawn. Consequently, the Court dismissed the writ petition as withdrawn, allowing the petitioner to re‑file a fresh petition. No substantive merits of the case were addressed.

Issues considered

  • Whether a writ petition with discrepancies can be dismissed as withdrawn with liberty to re‑file

Subjects

  • writ petition
  • withdrawal
  • procedural defect
  • high court

Judgment

                                             HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT ALLAHABAD
                                                             WRIT - C No. - 237 of 2026

                                    Shakir Anwar
                                                                                                .....Petitioner(s)
                                                                      Versus

                                    State Of Uttar Pradesh And 3 Others
                                                                                             .....Respondent(s)

                                    Counsel for Petitioner(s)                   :    Mashaluddin Shah
                                    Counsel for Respondent(s)                   :    C.S.C.

                                    Court No. - 40
                                                      HON'BLE SARAL SRIVASTAVA, J.
                                                      HON'BLE GARIMA PRASHAD, J.

                                    1. There are certain discrepancies in the writ petition, therefore, learned
                                    counsel for the petitioner states that the present petition may be dismissed
                                    as withdrawn with liberty to file afresh.

                                    2. In such view of the fact, the writ petition is dismissed as withdrawn
                                    with liberty to the petitioner to file a fresh petition.



                                                                  (Garima Prashad,J.) (Saral Srivastava,J.)
                                    May 6, 2026
                                    Rakesh




Digitally signed by :-
RAKESH MEHTA
High Court of Judicature at Allahabad


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